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INDIANAPOLIS – Butler's first midweek game of the season will take the Bulldogs to Bloomington to face the Indiana Hoosiers on Tuesday, Feb. 28. First pitch on BIG+ is slated for 4 PM.
 
Projected Starters
RHP Grant Brooks vs. LHP Ty Bothwell
 
Scouting Indiana
The Hoosiers are 3-4 at the start of the 2023 season. IU opened the year with a three-game series at Auburn and went 1-2. They were able to even their record with a 13-5 home win over Miami, but recently went 1-2 at Texas. Each series win for Indiana came in the finale. They won 11-2 at Auburn and 4-2 at Texas. Hunter Jessee, Phillip Glasser and Josh Pyne are all batting over .300 this season. Jessee has two doubles and two home runs over seven games to give him a team-high seven RBI. Glasser and Pyne share the team-lead in hits with 10. On the mound, Ty Bothwell will get the start. The left-hander is 0-1 this year with a 7.71 ERA. He lone start covered 2.1 innings. He was replaced after walking four, and giving up two runs on three hits.
 
Last Game vs. Indiana
Butler and Indiana played last year at Victory Field. The Hoosier won the game 9-1 and Bothwell was credited with the win. Kollyn All hit a homer down the right field line for the Bulldogs.
 
Close at Campbell
Butler had a chance to win all three games at Campbell over the weekend. The Bulldogs led the Camels 4-2 after seven full innings in game one and 9-6 after seven in game three. Even game two got off to a promising start with Butler in front 5-3 after three innings at Jim Perry Stadium.

Best from the Weekend
Joey Urban and Cory Bosecker were electric in Buies Creek last weekend. Bosecker started the Friday game and gave BU 5.1 innings of excellent baseball. He struck out 10 and only walked one before exiting the mound. He limited the Camels to just one run off two hits. At the plate, Urban stayed hot with a .400 batting average. He had six hits in 15 at-bats and came up with four RBI off three extra base hits. Urban hit a triple on Saturday and had a double and homer in the getaway game.
 
Reached Base Streaks
Joey Urban, Jake DeFries and Xavier Carter have reached base safely in all seven games this season. Urban has a hit in all seven games!
 
Fantastic Start for the Freshman
Joey Urban has four multi-RBI games to his credit after two weeks of the regular season. He also leads BU with five multi-hit games. Urban has the best batting average on the team at .419. He has three doubles, two triples and three home runs.
 
Bulldogs Chose Brooks
Freshman Grant Brooks will get the first midweek start for the Bulldogs this season. Brooks has appeared in two games this year and has a 9.00 ERA. He has six strikeouts over three innings and just two walks.
 
Butler vs. Lefties
The Bulldogs have not seen many left-handed pitchers this season. The team is batting .208 (5-for-24) against left-handed arms this year. Joey Urban has the best average, collecting two hits in his four at-bats.
 
Up Next
Butler will play four games over the weekend against two opponents. On Friday March 3, Butler will play a doubleheader against Central Connecticut State and #1 LSU. Saturday they return to action with a 6:30 game vs. Central Connecticut State and they end the trip at LSU on Monday night. Each game against LSU will stream live on the SEC Network+.